Barn structure.



u. ANDBRsso'N. .BARN STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913.

Patented A131228, 1914.

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J7 Y J UNITED sTATEs PaTENT OFFICE.

GOTTFRID ANDERSSON, OF BERESFORD, SOUTH LDAKOTA.

BARN STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2S, 1914.

Application led May 23, 1913. Serial No. 769,459.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Beresford, in the county of Union and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barn Structures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains t0 make and use the same.

My invention relates to barn construction and has for itsobject to improve the same in the several particulars which will presently be noted. y

To this end, the invention consists ofthe novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing the invention partly in side elevation and partly in transverse vertical section; Fig. 2 is a View in longitudinal vertical section, taken on the` line m2 m2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line m3 m3 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 indicates a barn, within which are two rows of stalls 2 arranged to face a common passageway 3 extending through the barn. At the two front corners of each stall is a pair of vertical posts 4 secured, at their upper ends, to the beams supporting the lloft floor l. The sides or partitions between the stalls 2 are indicated in the drawings by horizontally extended pipes 5 but, of course, may be of any suitable construction.

The mangers G for the stalls 2 are located in the passageway 3, at the longitudinal edges thereof. As shown, these manger-s 6 are in the form of troughs, the bottoms of which are located slightly above the floors 7 of the stalls 2. Extending centrally through the passageway 3 is a water conveying conduit 8, the top of which is located considerably above the upper edges of the mangers 6 and the bottom of which is substantially on a level with the bottoms of said mangers. The spaces between the mangers 6 and the conduit 8 are in the form of sloping feed platforms 9, which extend from the upper longitudinal edges of the conduit 8 to the adjathe loft floor of tom of the fencing and cent upper edges of the mangers 6. The purpose of these platforms 9 will presently appear. The mangers 6, floor 7 conduit 8, and platforms 9 'are all preferably formed from concrete. A removable cover 10 is provided for the conduit 8 and is preferably constructed from boards, affording a walk extending through the passageway 3. As shown, the longitudinal edges of the cover 10 are set in notches formed in the longitudinal upper edges of the sides of the conduit 8, so that the ltop of said cover is substantially flush with the platforms 9.

Water is -supplied to the conduit 8 from any suitable source, such as a storage tank or windmill, through a pipe 11 having its? delivery vend extending into the conduit 8 .and provided with a float-equipped valve 12 of well known construction, for the purpose of keeping the water in the conduit 8 at a predetermined height. Secured to each post l1 'and extending into the stalls 2, under the partitions 5, and within easy reach of the animals in the stalls, is a water pail 13, normally kept filled with. waterl through branch pipes 14, leading from the bottom of the conduit 8 and openmg into the bottoms ofthe pails 13. In actual usage, a suitable valve-equipped drain pipe, not shown, may be provided for drawing off the water in the conduit, in order that the same may be filled with a fresh supply of water. Access to the conduit 8 may be had at any time by lifting up the cover 10, for the purpose of making repairs or cleaning out The front ends of each row of stalls 2 are closed by a fencing 15, comprising a pair of horizont-ally extended, vertically'spaced pipes connected by vertically extended horizontally spaced pipes. The fencing in front of the stalls is located directly above the outer longitudinal edges of the mangers 6 and is vertically spaced thereabove, to afford a clearance passage 16 between the botthe platform 9, the purpose of which will presently appear. The fencing 15 for each row of stalls is connected to and supported from the posts 4 by stall dividers 17 comprising horizontally extended pipes connected by vertically extended pipes. These stall dividers 17 are also connected to the posts 1 by brace pipes 18.`

Vertically movable gates 19 vare provided for normally 'closing the passageways 16. Each of these gates 19 comprises vertically the conduit.

extended, horizontally spaced rods connect- I length of the fencing and their vertical members are slidably mounted in pairs of vertically spaced Sleeves 20, rigidly secured to the horizontal members of the fencing 15. When the gates 19 are closed, their horizontal members rest on the upper sleeves `20, and their lower ends are in close engagement with the platforms 9. raised and lowered by means of a main cable 21 and branch cables 22. One end of the main cable 21 is attached to one end of the gate and the other end thereof is attached to and 'adapted to be wound upon a Windlass drum 23, located at the other end of said gate andjournaled in bearings 24, secured to one of the posts 4. Each windlass drum 23 is provided with a-hand crank 25, for rotating the said drum to wind the cable thereon, and is also provided with a pawl and ratchet device 26, to prevent unwinding. The intermediate portion of the cable 2l is passed over a plurality of sheaves 27, secured to the beams supporting the floor of the loft. The branch cables 22 are connected, at'their lower ends, to the gates 19, and their upper ends are attached to the main cable 2l andare arranged to run over certain of the sheaves 27.

The mangers 6 are divided into individual compartments by dividerboards 28, extended transversely across the mangers 6 under the stall dividers 17 and hinged at 29 to the posts 4;. The outer or free ends of the di- Each gate 19 is vider boards 28 are connected to the horizontal members of the gates 19 by vertically extended rods 30, for receiving simultaneous raising `and lowering movements therewith. The divider boards 28 prevent the stock from stealing feed from each other.

In ing an animal therein. and having, at its ends, eye-equipped links 32 detachably secured to the lower horizontal member of the fencing 15 by a horizontally extended lock pin 33, slidably mounted in laterally spaced perforated lugs 34 integrally formed with the lower sleeves 20. For simultaneously releasing one end of each tie chain 31 of either row of stalls, the lock pins 33 are provided with laterally bent ends, anchored at 35 to a common operating rod 36. This rod 36 is slidably mounted, forendwise movement, in bearings37 formed in collars 38 which are secured to the lower horizontal member of the fencing 15. Each rod 36 is provided, at one end, with a hand piece 39 by which said rodmay be operated. One of the collars'38, as shown in F ig. 3, is provided with a stop projection 37 a, to limit the endwise sliding movement of the rod 36 so that the lock pin 33 will only release one end of the tie chain 31. The end of the tie chain 31 which is animals in one each stall 2 is a tie chain 31 for securv mediate loop in the tie chain which is secured around the animals neck. By a single movement of either one of the rods 36, the

row of the stalls are simultaneously released. of the stalls, the released ends of the tie chains 31 will slip through' the rings 40,

thereby permitting the tic chains to drop from the animals neck.

The advantages ofthe invention may be briefly stated as follows: Hay for the stock is thrown down from the hayloft onto the walk formed by the cover 10. From the walk, the hay may be moved to either side thereof onto the feed platforms 9 and against the gates 19, where the same may be easily reached by the stock through the vert-ical bars of said gates. In moving the hay from the walk onto the platforms, it is not necessary to lift the same, thereby making the work of feeding the stock extremely light. As fast as the animals remove the hay from against the gates 19, more hay will slide down the feed platforms 9, owing to the sloping surfaces of said platforms.

In cleaning the barn, the gates 19 are lifted by turning the hand cranks 25, and they are held in a lifted or open position by the pawl and ratchet devices 26. At the same time the gates are lifted, the divider boards 28 are also lifted by the connection 30. Dirt may be swept from the walk and feed platforms through the passageways 16 and into the mangers 6. The mangers are then cleaned by sweeping the same lengthwise. By releasing the pawl and ratchet devices 26, the gates 19 and divider boards 28 will return to normal positions under the action of gravity. By keeping a large supply of drinking water for the stock in the conduit 8, the same will keep cool in summer and in winter the water will be warmed byY the temperature of the barn.

What I claim is:

1. A barn structure comprising a row of stalls arranged to face a common passageway, a common manger extending between said stalls and passageway, a fencing located between said manger and said passageway and having its-bottom spaced above the ioor of the barn to adord a clearance passage, a gate normally closing said clearance passage, removable divider boards extending transversely through said manger, and means for simultaneously raising and lowering said gate and divider boards.

v 2. A barn structure comprising two rows of stalls arranged to f ace a common passageway, mangers formed at the longitudinal sides of said passageway, a walk extending through said passageway between said mangers, at an elevation thereabove, sloping As the animals back out Loeaeeo y @E feed platforms between said walk and said bottom of said fencing bein spaced above mangers, a fencing extending in front of said feed latforms to affor clearance passaid stalls outward of said mangers, the sages, stal dividers between said fencing bottom of said fencing being spaced above and the sides of said stalls, vertically movz5 said feed platforms to afford clearance pasable gates mounted on said fencing and sages, gates normally closing said clearance normally closing said clearance passages, passages, means for opening and closing` hinged divider boards extending transsaid gates, removable divider boards eXtendversely through said mangers beneath said ing transversely through said mangers, and stall dividers,` means for raising and lower-v 3o connections between said'gates and divider ing said gates, including windlass drums boards for simultaneously raising and lowand lifting cables, and links connecting said ering said divider boards with sa1d gates. divider boards to said gates for simu ane- 3. A barn structure comprising two rows ous raising and lowering movements thereof stalls arranged to face a common paswith. Y y 35 sageway, mangers formed at vthe longitudiln testimony whereof l ax my signature nal sides of said passageway, a walk extendin presence of two witnesses.

mangers, at an elevation thereabove, sloping feed platforms between said walk and said 4 Witnesses:

mangers, a fencin extending in front of ANDREW Mmmm, said stalls outwar of said mangers, the A, B. GUNDERSON.

ing through said passageway between said GOTTFRD NDERSSN 

